"Inside the Petri Dish"

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We started off the year discussing the importance of participating within a Proficiency Testing (PT) program if you are generating internal testing results within your facility. Without this valuable information, your company may be at risk due to not knowing with 100% accuracy that the results being generated are true. In the world of food safety today, this should not be one of those toss a coin moments. Simple but true – if you are generating your own results, MAKE SURE you are participating in a PT program!

Does your company perform internal testing on your products? Do you know if they are accurate – meaning, are you confident that they are correct? Are all of your technician’s performing testing the same way? Are they following written documented procedures or performing the techniques because “that is how they were trained?” If you have answered yes (or no) to any of these questions, you should consider participating in a proficiency testing (PT) program. Whether the program itself is new or old to you, these 5 steps can help ensure you achieve accurate testing results.

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." Those are words by Henry Ford; they still have meaning today for all of us.

Engagement and Empowerment are part of today’s culture. Giving employee’s the opportunity to provide input on decisions and work processes within the company not only engages and empowers the employee, but also gives them a sense of worth and contribution. It instills confidence to think outside of the box and offer up their ideas.There are so many things that can be said about keeping employees and engaging them. Involvement by everyone in Lean efforts helps support our foundational vision of a High Performance Team Based Culture. It creates the environment where everyone has input in what we do and we takes great pride in celebrating successes together as a team.